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5 V"-; I k4WmgWtetjFfces-t 'CO? I As if I didn't know the voice That maddens and bewitches. If ain't that I must answer for The sin of money-getting, And yet it's (oniPthiiig just as bad O Lord, I'm always fretting! notice, but climbed on the HttleTafrald of the future. The future seemed mSaarnees and begged for uennies. dark and terrihle. Within its nwfni ch he gave them with smiling good grasp there lay the destiny of those two Jittle ones whom he loved. Con- E3fnsTve clothes I never yet Was guilty of possessing - I always had to do the work, ' While others did the dressing. Hut common clothes are good enough; For that I ain t regretting It'8 only tliis I'm asking for: Deliver me from fretting. I do the work that comes to me They never called me lazy ; My thoughts concerning right an' wrong Are far from being hazy; I try to do my level best A good example setting But somehow, Lord, I always fail, And yield myself to fretting. Of course that ain't my only fault I make no vain pretensions, For all my other failings are Of none too small dimens'ons. But that, of all my Worldly sins, Is much the most besetting, ' 1 And so, O Lord, I humbly pray That I may keep from fretting. -Youth's Companion. Cowards All -J The small, weary-looking man with the pntlent eyes climbed' the stairs of the tenement as the clock struck 0. Ills work for the day was ended, but he nhowcd no sign of pleasure at his home coming. On the contrary, he seemed a little terrified. He knocked tlmldlly at the door. It was flung open by a very slatternly woman with small red eyes, and an ag gressively pointed chin. "Well, I'm sure," she began angrily, "so you're late again. Don't know what you mean by It. I've had the kettle on the hob since 5. And this Is all the thanks as I get." "I'm sorry," said Huxtable slowly, "but it couldn't be helped, my dear. The foreman put me on a special Job, and It meant stoppln' a bit later than usual or Hpolllii' the whole thing." "Yes, your work Is all you think about," said his wife, spitefully, "not a thought for your home and two chil dren, not to mention me." "I don't think that quite true," he Bald meekly. It certainly was not. He was good and devoted, but Mrs. Huxtable would never admit .anything In his favor. She was one of those women who seem to regard their husbands as schoolmasters of the old regime would regard their unhappy pupils as something to be bullied, ma It rented and altogether sub dued. Huxtable had put up with the treatment for fifteen years. Sometimes, when he looked back on the past, he wondered how he had been able to en dure tils torments with such patience. "Where's Jack and Archie?" he asked, as he went to the sink to wash his hands. "Ah, you may well ask. Where, In deed! Playln' In tho court, I expee' and gettln' into bud company. Hut that coniOB because their father don't trouble lilsself about Vm. They'll go to rack and ruin, you mark my words, If you Idon't keep a tight 'and on 'em." "I should have thought that was your Job, so to speak," suggested Huxtable. "No, It's a father's place to look after his boys. Besides, you know as how they don't think nolhln of me when you're about. It's dad this and dad that, till I'm fairly sick of hearln' ' them say It." "Yes, I think they're fond of me," aald poor Huxtable, with a little break In his voice. "Not that they've got much reason to be," snapped the woman. "Rut, then, children nllers takes to them as does the least for Vm. That's what's so unfair." She poured out the tea, and gave the unhappy Huxtable his meal In silence. IIo looked round the room and sighed The weeks laundry was susiHnidod from string overhead, and the room was filled with a warm dampness. Not a vestige of comfort was In sight. A Weak, wretched homo was this he re flected cursed by an Ill-tempered wife who had not even the virtues of her vices. For the average nagging woman was generally tidy and clean, but Mrs. Huxtable was neither one nor the oth er. Equally, tyrannical women fre quently made good mothers and brought up their offspring In the way they should go, but Mrs. Huxtable's complete equipment for the training of Archie and Jack consisted of a broken broom handle. She taught them nothing which could help them to grow up Into good and useful men. She had, Indeed, spoken the truth when she said that unless the father looked after them their futures would be In peril. After tea Huxtable took out his pipe. This action was always the signal for unkind comment on the woman's part. She did not really dislike the smell of tobacco, but she disliked the Idea of her husband euj,vlng himself. So she miffed, groaned and criticised until at length he knocked out the ashes and replmsM the pipe In his pocket. "I wish you was a bit more even tempered." he said gently; "It 'ud make thlrgs pleiiKanter." When the children came home, Mrs. Iluvtable delivered a short lecture to them on the brutality of their father. Ti- vouiusUTs, however, did not take j nature. But when the boys had gone to bed, and he was alone in the little sitting room, he sat with his head in his hands, asking himself what it all meant. ' Why were some men singled out for such homes, as this, he wondered, whilst others had love, happiness, and all that made life worth living? There was Tom Harris, for example, who worked in his shop. Harris was anything but a saint, and drank a large part of his wages, but he had a wife who worshiped him, and his Home was always comfortable and cozy. There was Barclay, that long, ugly fellow, who frequently blacked his wife's eyes, but who, nevertheless, led a pleasant life enough when he was not under the influence of drink, whilst he, Huxtable, was bullied and badgered from morning to night, until his exist ence was rendered almost unbearable. As he sat ami pondered things, he re menibered how another acquaintance of his own had cut the Gordlan knot abruptly by clearing out and leaving his unkind wife to her own resources. He had gone off suddenly, and no news had been heard of him afterward. Some said he had gone to Canada, the place where a man who knew a decent trade could always get good work and good wages. Of late, Huxtable had thought a good deal almut.tlils man. Secretly, he had envied lilm his pluck,, and had wished that he, too, could do likewise. 0, for a glorious spoil of freedom free dom from that harsh voice from that most gloomy face. If only he dared. An evening newspaper lay on the table. He took It up, and strangely enough the first thing which he noticed was the advertisement of a steamship company that announced reduced rates to Canadian ports. Huxtable began to tremble. "I've got money enough," he mur mured, "money to take me over, and to keep me goin' til I get a Job. And when once I was settled, and earnln' science awoke in him, and stirred all the fear that lingered In his blood. A man in uniform touched him on the shoulder. , ... , ' : . .. . "The booking office is open now, mate," he said kindly. "The train goes In fifteen minutes." , Huxtable looked up wih a start. "Thanks, ole man," he said absently, but he did not go toward the window where one booked for the north. He sought the street instead, and climbed on a 'bus going eastward. It deposited him at the gates of the factory where he worked, and he was Just in time to slip through the door and save himself lw1n? shut nut till rtlnnpr thnp In the afternoon he went home with his wages, and with a boat which he had bought for the children to sail on the pond in the park. Mrs. Huxtable greeted him in her usual acid manner. "You never came to bed last night," she said. "Ton my word, I think you must be goin' off your head. What was you doin'?" "I was Just thlnkin', that's all,." he replied nervously. Thlnkin'. Much g'XKl that did you, I expect. Thlnkin' of how you could upset me, I dare say." Huxtable shoolt his head and smiled. The two boys were standing close by, eagerly discussing the question of navi gation as they handled the little boat "If we was in the boat, and fell out. dad would- save us, wouldn't you, dad?" murmured Jackie, aged 6, "for you're awful brave, I know." Huxtable laughed gently. "Your father 'ud be too much of a coward for that," snarled the mother. But he only laughed again. "It's good to be a coward sometimes," he said huskily. "It's better for them as we love. " Manchester Chronicle. . MAKING OF FRUIT SUGAR. BNII'TED, OIIOANED AND CRITICISED. decent money, I could send Carrie a bit every month." With silent feet he went toward the door and opened It. The chill morning air seemed to rob him of courage. Seat ed by the fire in the pleasant warmth, flight had seemed an easy matter. The future had appeared equally simple. Hut the Inliospltnble air of tbe dawn seemed to bid him go back rather than forward." He mastered the Impulse, and went down the stone stairs that led to the street. Then he walked rapidly along Gray's Inn road toward King's Cross, At a coffee stand he bought some food. It revived him, and he felt Inclined to smile as he pictured his wife's wonder ment and rago when he failed to come home. At Kuston he was told that there would not be a train for au hour. He sat dowu In the great iMioklng-hall. How strange it esenied to be there. At that nour ne was usually on his way to work. Already a sense of freedom was beginning to hold his being. He felt elated and surprised at the same time. A bookstall boy entered the booking hall on his way to the platform. Some thing in the youngster's face recalled the face of Archie. A slight paug took hold of Huxtable's heart, lie wondered why he had not thought about the chil dren before. At least he might have contrived to take a last look at them previous to his leaving the house. He felt very annoyed at his neglect. It would bo hard on them, losing their father, he reflected, very hard. Ihelr mother meant little to them, but for lilm they had always love and ten derness. He remembered how he had promised to take both boys to Battersea park that afternoon, It being the Satur day half-holiday. And now how now? Well, he know Just what he was do ing. Ho was running away from them and from his responsibilities, like a thief In the night, fleeing from Justice. Gradually his memory would slip from their childish brains. The way would come when the word father would con vey nought to them save a shadowy recol lection. What would be their future, now that he was gone? Surely the streets would claim them, and the foul Influences of the slum would bear them down into the depths. Had not his wife said that he -alone could keep them from "rack and ruin?" He rose and paced the gloomy hall, In a fever of doubt. Already his new free dom was beginning to seem a thing of mixed good. It certainly had Its evil side. His wife could manage well enough without him, but the children ah. they were different. lie was coward now, and he wa Uae for Dahlia Root Valuable Prop ertlea of the Product. Levulose, or fruit sugar, Is little known to the general public, according to the Umschau. It Is sold only by druggists, and the cost of manufactur ing It by the methods now In use Is so great that the price of levulose Is near ly a dollar a pound. This variety of sugar possesses properties which would bring it Into extensive use If its cost were not prohibitive. The only process by' which chemical ly pure levulose can be produced cheap ly in large quantities Is based on the employment of lnulln as the raw ma terial. Inulln Is a variety of starch which Is found In proportions of 8 to 11 per cent in the roots of chicory and the tubers of the dahlia. The dahlia is a native or America ana was intro duced into England In 1789 and Into Germany in 1812." It was supposed that the tubers would be a valuable food for cattle, but the cattle refused to eat them, and therefore the dahlia has been cultivated for Its 'flowers alone. Yet dahlias could be raised as easily and almost as cheaply as pota toes. They are propagated by division of the tubers, which with special cul ture may attain a weight of more than a pound. Chicory root Is well known and Is raised In immense quantities in Germany. Austria. France and Bel- glum for the purpose of mixing with coffee. The manufacture of pure levulose from chicory or dahlia tubers Is simple. In the first place the Inulln Is extract ed from the tubers by boiling them with lime water. The inulln Is then converted Into levulose by the action of diluted acids. The field of application of levulose is extensive. Levulose is sweeter than ordinary sugar and it possesses other advantages over the latter. In particu lar, it can be eaten with Impunity and completely assimilated by the majority of diabetic patients. It Is also recom mended in acidity of the stomach, and In recent years several eminent physi cians have advocated Its use as a food for consumptives. It may also be sub stituted for milk sugar In the prepara tioiiB of iiifunts' foods. In the manu facture of bon bons, jellies, marmalades and fruit preserves It jiossesses the id- vantage of neither crystallizing nor be coming turbid, and from it can be made an Imitative honey which does not solidify and which is "almost identical with natural honey, of which levulose Is the principal ingredient. From Inu lln an excellent bread for diabetics can be made. No Place for Itobbers. A aangerous neigiiborhood your living In, Colonel," said a newspaper man to Charles Edwards, of the Demo cratic Congressional Campaign Com mittee, a few nights ago, In Washing ton. "Been four highway robberies there in the past mouth. Aren't you afraid that somebody will hold you up and go through you some night?" "Should say not," said the big Texan. "Why, ah've got so few means on my pusson at the present time that the robber who goes through me will get hlsself In debt." Success Magazine. lloprlcaa Caae. Dill I lost my silk umbrella yestei day at the club. Pickles Too bad ! But you'll get it back, won't you? Aren't jour initials on It? . 4 DIU Well, come to think of It, there are some initials on It, but they aren't mine. Yale Record What a splendid thing f would be If leople who lose their tempers were uu able to find them again! One cuff on the wrist is worth a , en on the ear "You know Henry, don't' you?" Said the groceryman, after the pretty cook had checked up the groceries with the bill. - "I know two or three Henrys," re plied the pretty cook. "You're afraid It's some gag, ain't you?" grinned the groceryman. "You think I want you to ask what Henry, an then I'll say suthin' foolish." "You'd say that anyway," observed the pretty cook, Indifferently. "That wouldn't be nothin' new. What about Henry?" - "His other name was Clay, an' now it's mud," replied the groceryman, chuckling. "Don't get mad, Evelina. That's right straight goods. You know Henry 'at clerks In the store. His name is Henry Clay, honest." "I thought you said It was mud," remarked the pretty cook.- "That's right, too," said the grocery man. "He's a-goln' to be married. I feel sorry for him, pore guy!" "I feel sorry for the girl," said tbe cook. "If I had to marry a feller like him I'd feel sorry for myself. I know that." ' "Don't you waste no tears o sym pathy on her," said the groceryman. "She didn't have to marry him If she didn't want to." "I s'pose he don't have to marry her If he don't want to," said the pretty cook. "I don't know who she is, and I don't care, but I bet she didn't give him chloroform an tie him up an keep him tied until he promised to marry her. She prob'ly said she'd mar ry him to get rid of him." "Sure thing," said the grocerymau, sarcastically. "That's the way you all do, don't you? You want us to stop makln' love to you, ain't that it?" "You know all about it. Why do you ask me?" said the cook. "She looked mighty Innocent," said the groceryman. "So does the mouse trap look innocent. It doesn t care whether there's a mouse anywhere within a mile. It can get along first- rate without any mice. Mr. Mouse comes up an' sniffs, but the trap don't take no notice. . Then It sorter seems to him that there's suthin' wrong an' he scoots off. That's the way Henry done. He said he didn't want to get tangled up . with no skirt. He quit goin' to the door for nigh two weeks. but that didn't worry the girl. She didn't come into the store to see what had come of him any more'n the mouse trap 'ud try to squeeze into the hole after the mouse. She Jest waited." It s one good way to make you stop," said the cook. "I don't know which is the worst. Women have hard luck, anyway. If you'd only let us alone, though, I guess you wouldn't have no trouble. We don't do the chasln'." "You don't need to," said the gro ceryman. "You never seen "a trap go chasln' around after a mouse, did you? All It does is Jest to set around an' look Invttln. That's all this girl done that Henry's goin' to marry." "l bet she akin t know he was on earth," said the cook. "I bet she could have thrown a wad o' gum over her shoulder an' hit him in the eye if she wanted to," said the groceryman. "Anyway, it wasn't long afore Henry was out again, an after a while lie got to speakin' to her, an' the nex' thing you know he was pick In' out the best candy in the showcase Jest afore quittln' time, three nights a week an' Sunday mornln'. No, I don't s'pose she gave him no encouragement. If she was out on the steps wearin' her lace waist, with a carnation in her hair, an' he was fool enough to come along and set down by her, she wasn't o blame, was she?" , "I sh'd say not," fcald the cook. "Sure she wasn't," agreed the gro ceryman. "But when pore Henry ast her how about a flat snap ! she had him right around the neck strangle holt Henry told me about it, an' hou est, It makes me nervous every time I come up these back steps." "You don't need to be," said the pret ty cook. "Then what have you got your hair done up that swell way for?" asked the groceryman. Chicago Daily News. while , on the inside it opened on a broad fireplace across that end of tte room. , . . . - . . .; "The cabin was banked all around with earth, against which hemlock and pine boughs were heaped. Sometimes ranks of cordwood were piled up al most to the eaves, the better to keep out the cold, which is always intense during the winter on these windswept bills. "There was rarely a cabin with more than one room. The walls were dark and smoky, and from rafter or beam hung plentifully strips of Jerked venl son and chunks of smoked bear meat, along with hams and bacon from tbe family pigs fattened in the woods and almost as wild as the bear and the deer. But the choicest and best beloved thing of the cabin's larder was the fat and well frozen wild turkey. . "While the woodman's cabin was al ways prepared for a turkey eat, it never knew when it was coming. A turkey eat began with the making up of a patty in a neighboring village or settlement. Taking along a fiddler, they would appear at this, that or the other woodsman's cabin of a winter evening and the woodsman and his family did the rest, instantly the blrchwood pail oi cider came forth. While the . cabin's guests drank cider the host prepared and spitted the turkey over the hickory coals in the fireplace to roast for the feast. When it was ready for the table it was placed before the guests on a big tin platter. Each one carved for himself, the plates being squares of birch bark. "The turkey eat was not complete, though, without a liberal supply of 'paan haas' and headcheese, and with it went the sweetest of rye bread and butter. Paan haas is a strictly Penn sylvania Dutch creation.. "It is made from the rich juices left after boiling the ingredients for head cheese, these being thickened- to a stiff paste with buckwheat flour. This paste is pressed in forms until cold and is served in slices. It is a dull blue in color, very rich and very good. "After the feast the turkey eat was rounded out by a night of Jollity super induced by. the fiddle and maintained by It in Its music for the old-fashioned cotillon figures and reels, which, were danced until the gray of morning. "But most of those old-time woods men have passed away, and on those whg are still dwellers In the moun tains the game laws have forced a sit uation that leaves them with their an cient occupation gone and the hunt being no longer a source of mainten ance, Its traditions have departed with it. The newer generation of these peo ple is of other taste and association, so while the wild turkey is yet in prox imity in that Blue mountain region to supply the material for the festive tur key eat, the traditions and associations that made It possible are no more and it is gone, like the apple cut, the quilt ing bee, the pig-kllling frolic and oth ers, of the old-time rural pastimes that are now but a memory." THEVEEICIY ffiSTM life An Honest Opinion. Among the interesting anecdotes il lustrative of Mr. Cleveland's refusal to give pledges of any sort is that which describes an incident of the cam paign of 1802, and is printed in the New York Evening Post. A literary friend of Mr. Cleveland brought to gether, as if by chance, the Democratic nominee and a prominent Irish-American contractor who was supposed to have much influence with the coveted Irish vote. The interview was so managed that the two men were left alone in the lit erary man's library for an hour. At the end of that time they were discov ered swapping stories with each other like old friends. "Well," asked the host of the con tractor, after Mr. Cleveland had left, "what do you think of him?" "Sure," replied the contractor, beam ing all over, "he's the greatest man I ever saw. He s a foine man, a grand man. He wouldn't promise to do wan thing I asked lilm." THE OLD-TIME TURKEY EAT. Gone from the Pranaylvanta Mom talna Along; with the Woodamen. u isn t oecause tuere is no more material in the Blue Mountain region of Pennsylvania to provide a turkey eat that we have had the last of those famous festivities," said 'a former dweller of the district described to a writer In the New York Sun, "for there are still wild turkeys a-plenty. ' ; "The turkey eat has gone out with the passing of the people whose homes. traditions and manner of life made It possible and with the occupation that was once theirs. "In the days when the turkey eat was the great wluter festivity In the mountain districts between the Schuyl kill and the Juniata watersheds the sparse population was chiefly of rude and rugged woodmen and their fani- Saw Him Firat. About the year 1707 William Penn became heavily involved in a lawsuit, and the author of a recent biography, entitled "Quaker and Courtier," says that he was greatly In fear under thi laws of the day of being arrested. Many noble personages were In the same plight, but no other, it is believed. resorted to Penn's expedient In meet ing the situation. In the door of his London house he had a peeplng-hole made, through which he could see any person who came to him. A creditor one day sent in his name, and having been made to wait more than a reasonable time, knocked for the servant, and asked him: "Will not your master see me?" "Friend, he has seen thee," replied the servant, calmly, "and does not like the. looks, of -thee." - 1492 Columbus, cast anchor in the ia' Of St. Thomas. s i 1773 Destruction of cargo of taxed tea in Boston harbor by citizens disguis ed as Indians, known as the "Boston " Tea Party." "'' - 1775 British under ''Lord Dunmore de- reated by the Americans at Norfolk, Va. 1770 The seat of the United States gov- ' ernment was removed to Baltimore. 1777 North Carolina adopted constitu tion. 1778 Four hundred persons- perished in ine Durnmg of a theater in Sara gossa, Spain. ; --",- 1787 New Jersey ratified . the Federal constitution. . . ; " - ' 1789 The first circulating library wa established in Salein, Mass, ,1790 The Russians took te fortress Is- mael from the Turks. . 1792 First provincial Parliament of lower Canada met at Quebec, 1799 Burial of Gen. Washington.; , 1804 Thomas Jefferson and George Clin ton were unanimously chosen Presi dent and Vice President of tha; Unit ed States, ' . j- 1807 First Roman Catholic orphan asy- Jum in America incorporated in Phil adelphia. ' . ; j 1812 Town of Derbv' Vt.. attacked by I the British. : . '" '-'' ! 3835 Great fire in New York; $20,000,- . UUO property loss. 1845 Sir Hugh'1 Gough defeated the Sikhs in .battle of MoodliM. '. v;,;, ; 1846 The first regiment to fight against Mexico was organized in Pittsburg. 1852 'Sacramento, Cal.,. was flooded by the breaking of a levee. . . 1855 Joel Abbott, commanding '. the Auicinau nquaurua iu lue Ejaal in- s die's, died at Hongkong. . 1800 South Carolina seceded from the Union..,. Gov. Hicks of Maryland refused to receive the Mississippi . .' commissioners, -:, ; 1862 The Confederates recaptured Holly Springs, Miss. - ' " 1864 President Lincoln called for 800, 000 volunteers. . . .Gen, Dix Issued an order for reprisals on Canadians be cause of the St. Albans raid ; order annulled later by President Lincoln. 1870 Destructive fire 'at Little Rock, , Ark. -. -: '; - i ..... 1880 Paul Kruger elected president of the South African republic. ' 1891 Drexel. Institute of Art, Science and Industry dedicated in Philadel phia .... Sir Oliver Mowat, ' Liberal prime minister of Ontario, Issued aa t , address declaring vigorously against jf 'American assimilation. ' ' 1893 A provincial plebiscite in Prince- , Edward Island supported prohibition of the liquor traffic by an overwhelm ing majority. ' 1894 E. V. Debsjientcnced to six:'' months' imprisonmenT for contempt ; of court during the great .railroad strike in Chicago. 1. . ; 1899 The Broadway' National Bank of Boston closed its doors. . . .Lord Rob-; erts appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa. 1 1902 George Moorman, adjutant general of the United Confederate Veterans, died at New Orleans, ; . 1905 Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin re signed and wajuwcceeded by Lieut Gov. D87;7S. ; . .Abraham H. Hum mel, New York lawyer, was convicted ' of ojnspiracy and sentenced to Imi ; prison ment for one year.. . , 1907 The American battleshin fleet de- parted from Hampton Roads for the Pacific coast. ;. i Too Much for Him. "How true that old saying Is about a child asking questions that a man cannot answer," remarked Toplelgh. "What s the trouble now?" queried his friend Singleton. "This morning," replied Popleigh. "my little boy asked me whv men mes, many oi mem ueseenoants or pure gent to Congress, and 1 couldn't teU t eunsyivania uuten biock, scores of I him." Chicago News. them tlepeiKtwi almost entirely on their skill with gun and trap for. their food j srpply. "I he cabins of these mountaineers were built of logs, the chinks between which were filled in with clay. A huge stone chimney rose at oue end of the cabin ontsiuA' cowing tbat entire cad. I on 'fir ' . : - . I When a bad man dies, his neighbors say : " ell, at the funeral the minis ter will have to talk about the living." When a man's, house hurts down, seven men out of ten believe he act it FACTS FOR FARMERS, ; A rabbit hunt, in which twenty met and boys participated, and which resulted f in the slaughter of 278 rabbits, ushered In the first heavy fall of snow in the vi cinity of Albion, Iowa. Metcalf - and Fraley, two members of one team, killed ; eighty-eight cotton tails In one slough. - Paper is to be manufactured from eoV ton stalks, according to a report of the, bureau of manufactures. A company capitalized at $500,000 has been organized at Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose. It la claimed that paper can be : made from cotton stalks at a cost of about $15 a ton. , . . ; . , The Minnesota Co-operative Dairies' Association, which began in May to bold Minnesota dajrjmiJ4csJndependently of eastern commission houses, "has handled 2,000,000 pounds of butter since that: time. The creameries are satisfied withi the results, and the business of the con cern is growing, 'he business this, moatl is considerably larger than it waa last month. , North Dakotans hav been holding a rood roads conference at Grand Forks, and a number of changes in the present road system will be recommended. Special orders have been issued by the British board of agriculture; giving the proper official full power to deal with the cargoes of three steamers that left New York, and four others that cleared from Philadelphia after the board issued Ita order -ja"',"" In Great Britain r from the States o v York and New J? outbreak ox the foo f -- - ; :